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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Simmonsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Simmonsville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Simmonsville:
- 33.248501, -79.640348
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Simmonsville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Simmonsville is near Georgetown County and also Williamsburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Simmonsville
Communities Also Named Simmonsville ...
We found six communities that are also named Simmonsville.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Simmonsville.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Georgetown County
- This Simmonsville is located in Georgetown County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Simmonsville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Pike County
- This Simmonsville is located in Pike County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the west of the Simmonsville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Simmonsville.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Simmonsville is located in Providence County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Simmonsville.
- Texas
- Bell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Simmonsville [Bell County].
- Newton County
- This Simmonsville is located in Newton County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the west of the Simmonsville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Simmonsville.
- Virginia
- Craig County
- This Simmonsville is located in Craig County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the north of the Simmonsville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Simmonsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Simmonsville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Farewell Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Farewell Corner is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farewell Corner
- Honey Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newland is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Oak Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Corner is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Corner
- Pitch Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pitch Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitch Landing
- Pleasant Hill Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Price Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Price Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Landing
- Tiger Corner ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tiger Corner is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Corner
- Turkey Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turkey Pond is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pond
How Far From Simmonsville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Simmonsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Simmonsville and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Simmonsville to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Simmonsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Simmonsville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Simmonsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Simmonsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2485, Longitude: -79.6403 In this case, the coordinates for Simmonsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.532 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.475 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.631 degrees. |
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